List of the Greenlandish Affixes with examples of their 

 use taken from all the dialects. 



g]ajugpoq is prone to, usually. — pigajugpoq gets (pivoq) 

 frequently (i. e. seals), is a good hunter. 



. aq (bd) and — araq joung or small — âtâraq young seal, 

 orpigaq a small bush (oiyik) — L. akkigiarak young ptarmigan — 

 С eqaluaq a kind of salmon {eqaluk). — M. kurark^ kuraraluk a 

 small river [kûk) or brook. — W. piagak a young (G. pik a thing). 



( — aq, see '.gag). 



g\aluaq, gjaluarpoq having been, but is not longer so, rather, 

 certainly. — nukarigalua his deceased younger brother (nukaq), taku- 

 galuarpcika certainly I saw (hem (but . . .). 



g^aluytuarpoq suddenly happening, as in falling, coming. 



— aluk of inferior kind, poor — pialuit poor things. — Ex- 

 amples from the other dialects seem partly to exhibit a somewhat 

 different signification. — C. agtsuadluk strong (wind), equlualuit large 

 salmon. 



: — araoq uses to . . ., frequently. 



— arpoq (bd) slightly, little. 



— arssuk anomalous , not of the usual kind. — ârdluarssuk a 

 rare kind of whales — C. kangerthiaqdjung local name for a small 

 fiord (G. kangerdluk). 



g]asuarpoq hastily. 



: — atdrpoq in earnest, duly. 



g]atdIarpoq just, only first. 



— avoq (bd) a continuation, repetition. 



: erivoq , hrivoq is occupied with something — vJarqerJvoq is 

 working in stones. 



— erdhierpd dirties him with ... — pauerdluerpâ d. him with 

 soot (paoq). 



:erpâ^ — lerpâ furnishes with. — L. ikkilerpâ wounds hfm 

 (G. ike wound), akkilerpâ pays him (G. ake payment). 



— erpâ, îvoq, erserpoq, erupâ deprives him of . . . — matuerpa 

 opens it {mato covering) — L. ernerpoq has lost his son (G. erneq) 

 — M. néarkroertoark cuts olT the head (G. niaqoq). 



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